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The one thing needed
Sermon for Ash Wednesday Isaiah 58.1-12 Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21 On Ash Wednesday ten years ago, I was in East Timor. Early that morning, I walked down the road from my hotel to the garden of Bishop...
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Ash Wednesday cartoon
A bit late here in Oz, but it must still be Ash Wednesday somewhere… This is Dave Walker’s 2006 cartoon.
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Early 2009 Ash Wednesday cartoon
Jon Birch published this Ash Wednesday cartoon. It’s not late for 2008—just early for 2009. There are lots more cartoons at his site!
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Humility—a meditation for Ash Wednesday
On Ash Wednesday eleven years ago, I was in East Timor (Timor-Leste) during the Indonesian occupation of that island. Early that morning, I walked the short distance from the Hotel Tourismo to the...
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Friday fragments—15.01.10
I’ve decided to list stories I’ve found interesting during the week. Here are this week’s: Lent is coming soon. If you’re looking for ideas for an Ash Wednesday service, you could look here. Doug...
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Ash Wednesday liturgical introduction
Like a number of other churches, our Ash Wednesday service begins with opening words introducing the day. And they could be interpreted to add up to ‘this is what the Church of Jesus Christ has always...
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Another Ash Wednesday liturgical introduction
Now, the attention turns to Lent… I’ve found another Ash Wednesday liturgy here; I’m just using the liturgical introduction (i.e., Opening Meditation and Introduction), with some adaptation—we don’t...
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A short meditation for Ash Wednesday (Year A, 9 March 2011)
Connect Readings Isaiah 58.1-12 Matthew 6.1-21 For the longest time, we Protestants and Evangelicals have placed great stress on what happens in our hearts. What good is it, we say, if a person does...
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The kindness of God—Ash Wednesday, Year C (13 February 2013)
A very short meditation. Let me start with a verse we don’t read on Ash Wednesday, Romans 2.4: Do you not realise that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? This is a very helpful verse,...
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Walking contradictions (Ash Wednesday, Year A, 5 March 2014)
Reading Matthew 6.1-21 Here we are once more, it’s Ash Wednesday and Lent begins again. I think it’s the eighth time we’ve had an Ash Wednesday service. Yet it still strikes me that the way we enter...
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